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INAV secondary IMU with Bosch BNO055
INAV is great, but INAV is not the best in everything. For example, INAVs internal IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) algorithm is suffering from the infamous artificial horizon drift. I explained this phenomenon already in one of the videos, you can watch it over here. We somehow mitigated this on fixed-wing airplanes in INAV 2.2.1, but…
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2020 European Union Drone Laws – questions and answers
Let’s do a “Questions and Answers” about new EU drone regulations that will be (should be) the law starting from June 2020. It’s all described in EASA regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947 as well as explained by me over here. In this video let’s talk in-depth about: what will happen when you will be caught flying…
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How to choose motors for drones – especially 7-inch FPV quadcopters
One of the mistakes pilots makes when they build their first drone is they use too small motors. People think that if a motor works fine with 5-inch props, it will work with 7-inch props as well. After all, both have plenty of power and power is the key to everything. It’s not true. Power…
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DIY 3D Printing Filament Dryer / Dehumidifier / Dry Box
The wet filament is a bad filament. 3D printers hate them since during melting the filament water that it contains turns into steam, expands and creates holes, bulges and other distortions and problems in a print. So filaments are more sensitive to moisture: TPU or Nylon. But even PLA might absorb water if it is…
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Bench power supply Yihua PS-3010DF
Some time ago I started to feel a need to have a bench power supply. Not laboratory-grade, but something that can deliver both some volts and amps. Of course with overcurrent protection. Aliexpress is full of such a power supply units and at the end, I’ve decided on Yihua PS-3010DF with 30V voltage and 10A…
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Mateksys F411-Wing SE – even smaller F411-Wing
The second half of 2019 belongs to Mateksys? Hard to tell, but they seem to be pulling new interesting flight controllers out of their sleeves! Only yesterday I showed you first images of Mateksys F765-WING and today it is time for Matek F411-WING SE! Mateksys F411-WING SE is an improved version of F411-WING from the…
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Matek F765-WING – flight controller on steroids!
This is preproduction sample, some details of Mateksys F765-WING might change in the final version that will hit the market! Matek F765-WING on Banggood Looks like Mateksys did it again, and the next flight controller in WING family will be one again the beefiest flight controller around! What’s new? A lot. It’s still the same…
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European Union drone laws after June 2020
Starting from June 2020, unified European Union drone laws will become a reality. European published two regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947 that describe the unified rules that all member countries will have to implement before June 2020. Some say that drone hobby is dead in EU and corporations are winning. I took a few hours of…
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NEW European Union Drone Laws – a complete guide for 2020 changes
European Union is regulating drone and RC airplanes law and starting from June 2020 all member countries will have to align its laws to meet EASA regulations 2019/945 and 2019/947. According to them: drone pilots will have to register and pass an online test commercial drones will be classified into classes: C0, C1, C2, C3,…